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Between 1951 and August 1958, approximately 1,000 Camper Box conversions were made by Westfalia, the official builder of Volkswagen camper conversions. In August 1958, the SO (German: Sonderausführung, German for "special model") models were introduced. [1] Westfalia special models included the SO-23, -33 -34, -35, -42, -44, and -45.
The Volkswagen Transporter, initially the Type 2, [2] is a range of light commercial vehicles, built as vans, pickups, and cab-and-chassis variants, introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as their second mass-production light motor vehicle series, and inspired by an idea and request from then-Netherlands-VW-importer Ben Pon.
Motorhomes "Class B" campervan are built on a full size cargo van and are sometimes lengthened a couple of feet (0.5–1 m). Lengths range from 17–20 ft (5–6 m). Lengths range from 17–20 ft (5–6 m).
LT 35e LWB with a custom camper high roof Volkswagen LT Mk 1 Westfalia campervan conversion 1989 – 1993 Defunct Dutch minibus based on LT 50 chassis 1980 LT 40D Sülzer 4x4 Volkswagen LT 28 converted to a campervan. A touring camper in its various bodywork and fitting options was also produced.
Westfalia-Werke is most known for its Volkswagen Westfalia Camper conversions from 1950s to 2003. The VW camper has been in the models of VWs called: VW Bus T2; Volkswagen Type 2 (T3) called Vanagon; and the Volkswagen Transporter (T4) called the EuroVan. [12] Westfalia has also built a camper van, Marco Polo , on Mercedes-Benz Vito starting in ...
This is known to VW enthusiasts as the "South African look," and swapping the square headlights to round headlights is a popular conversion by van owners with non-South African vehicles. The T3 was replaced by the T4 ( Eurovan ) in the U.S. market in 1993 (1992 saw no Volkswagen vans imported to the U.S. market, aside from custom campers sold ...
VW collaborated with ABT e-Line and introduced the ABT e-Transporter 6.1 in 2020 as a battery-electric version of the T6.1. [5] The e-T6.1 is equipped with a single motor with 83 kW (111 hp) output drawing from a 37.3 kW-hr battery (33.6 kW-hr useable); under the WLTP test cycle, the tested range was 82 mi (132 km).
Later, some Vanagon conversions were offered with a pop-top and interior table, but lacked cooking facilities and instead included a luggable 12-volt refrigerator. In 1999, DaimlerChrysler purchased a 49% stake in Westfalia-Werke's van conversion division, and in 2001 absorbed the remaining 51%. Of course, since DaimlerChrysler is a Volkswagen ...